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Letters Patent No.' 77,084, dated April 21,1868,

IMPROVEMENT IN`LO0K=UP SAFETY-VALVES.

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lTO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that we, RALPH'GLPAGKARD and MICHAEL Humanes, both of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-Up Safety-Valves; and we do hereby declare t-hn-t'the following is a suilicient-ly full and exact description thereof to enable'others -skilled in vtheart to make and use the same.

We will first describe what we consider the best means" of carrying out our inventiomand will afterwards designate the points which we believe t'o be new. 'The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification.

Figure l is a vertical' section. A

Figure 2 is a verticalsection at right angles to iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the interior parts.

Figure 4 is a top view of the entire casing.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section'on the lineS'S in iig. 1.

Figure 6 is abottom view. i

Figure 7 is a section through the top, on theline T vT in ig. 6.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures. v

A. is a cylindrical casing'or east-iron pipe, extending upward from the orifice on which it is bolted on the boiler, not represented, and adapted to receive and sustain at all times the full boiler-pressure of the steam. .B is the safety-valve, made conical as usual, and accurately ground lto its seat on' the upper end of the casing A. This safety-valve is stoadied by the ordinary means, as represented. A1 is a casing,exterior to the casing A, and forming a part of the steam-casing therewith. I It is at such distance outside of the casing A as to leave an annular space, C. The casing A1 extends upward above the casing A, as represented, and is provided with flanges, upon which are bolted the casing A2, adapted to support the escape-pipe, not represented. The upper and lower ends of our compound casing are represented as provided with cross-bars, and the like, adapted to prevent the introductionof any means from outside to surreptitiously hold down the valve B.

Dl DZ are'levers, hinged to the interior of the casing A1, near the top, as represented atd1 d2. Links, E1 EZ, connect the levers Dl D2 to the safety-valve B, in the manner represented, so that any loads applied on the extremities of tlie levers Dl D2, will be received upon the valve B with an increased force due tothe leverage. G1 G2 are rods extending .down into theannular space C, and carrying nuts g1 g2 at their lowerends. H1 2, Ste., are rings, of cast iron or other suitable material, madein the form represented, so as to be suspended freely in the annular space C, and to transmit their weight through the hedihm of the rods'Ggl G2, the levers l)1 D2,

and the connections El E2, to the valve B. The several rings, H1, H2, Zito., are made in pieces, for purposes which will appear below.

Ml M2 are doors, constructed and applied so as to slide verticallyin the grooves m m2,' formed in the easing A. When those door'sare raised, they uncover large openingsct. Through these openings a' the weights Hl H2 are introduced, and removed as maybe required, in order to load the safety-valveto the desired extent#v The' rings H1, H2, Sto., are' made each in separate pieces, so as to allow them to be immediately introduced and removed. The lowermost ring-H, is put together very stiiiiy by being halved and put together as indicated by dotted lines in iig. 1. The rings H11-l2 IIs-Ht H5 are each made in four pieces, and dove-tailed together, as indicated in iig.. 5. These pieces require no special bolting' to confine them together, but they are kept in place by their connection with cach other, and with the bolts GVGZ, which pass through holes provided in the joints, as indicated in figs. 1 andl5. When it is desired to increase the load on the safety-valve, the doors il l M2 may one or both be opened, and thc uppermost ring is easily removed by simply disconnecting the dove-tailed joints 'one from the other, and removing the ring' in pieces. The reverso of this operation will increase the weight, We can, if preferred, make the uppermostring the form ofthe under rings, with hollow recesses inits upper surfaces, and may apply shot'or other convenient weights, in as small a space as may be desired, to adjust the whole very delicately.

The lugs N N2 are cast on the lower ends of the doors M1M2, and when the doors are shoved down to their fullest extent, so as-to completely cover their respective' apertures, these lugs stand alongside of corresponding lugs A5 and A, on the fixed framing or casing'. The padloeks may now be applied by introducing the hasp of the padlock through the holes in these several-lugmen as to lock the lug N1 on the door Ml to the fixcd lug Ai', and to lock the lugr N1 on the sliding door MZ to the fixed lug A5.

We propose to employ, in some eases, an iron rod bent in a semicircnlar form, and having a head at one end, and an eye to receive a padlock at-.the other end. This bar being introduced through one pair of lugs, may be extended once around the outside of the case, and thence through the other pair of lugs. By means of-such bolts, so arranged, one good padlock will secure both doors.

It is Yimportant to be able occasionally to raise the safety-valve. We have provided means for doing this with facility, but the load cannot possiblylbe increased by these means. :P1 P2 are 'short shafts, extending through corresponding holes in the exterior casing A1, and provided with a square head on the exterior, by which they can be readily turned by means'` of a. Wrench or other convenient handle, not represented. 'lhe arm 2 is fitted on the inner end of each of these shafts, as represented irl d otted lines in 2. Upon turning the shafts I" P2,

which are arranged opposite to each other, the corresponding arms Q are `turned into the vertical or nearly vertical position, and by this action kstriking against the lower face of. the lowermost weight H6, lifts the whole of the annular load, and allows a very moderate steam-pressure to lift the valve B. Turning the shafts I" and P2 back to their original position, allows the annular weights H, H1, die., to again close the valve B, and hold it tightly closed until the maximum pressure for Vwhich it is loaded is reached.

I and J-are diaphragms or horizontal partitions, cast in the upper portion of the casing A?. The holes z' in the diaphragm I, do not coincide or are not in line with the holes j, in the diaphragm J. It-i'ollows from this arrangement of the diaphragm and openings, that the steam ilowing through the safety-valve can find a very free egress through the 'openings j, and thence can travel horizontally'between the diaphragme I and J, and thence pass out through the openings u, While the arrangement forbids the introduction of abar of iron or other solid object, so as to -hold down the safety-valve, or the'levers connected therewith, by any improper means.

The same provision may be employed at the base of the casing A, to prevent thel taking hold of the valve from below, and thus, holding it down by any means arranged within the boiler.. We :do not, however, deem it importantto fortify this point so securely.

'The valve may be lifted by means of the bent shaft extending across-the casing A, under the levers Dl D, and so arranged that by means of a hand-lever outside the case, the shaft may be turned so as to act on the under sides of both the levers Dl D2 and ways, b'oth simultaneously. The plan represented in the'drawings is, however,`preferable for the reason that it requires less nice adjustment of the'parts to make it operate eliciently on bdth sides. l a

i The advantages of the principal features oi our invention will be apparent to engineers. The construction and arrangement of the weights 'allow the whole structure to be made in a very compact form, and to'be very conveniently adjusted by the increase or diminution of the load, and the peculiar arrangement of the levers D and links E, relatively to the valve and weights, allows a given mass in the annular weightsvto load the valve much heavier than would be possible ifv the cnnection through the load le'd, as usual, directly upon the centre of the valve B.

I We do not claim the construction of the casing and valve, or the arrangement ot' thelevers, Btc., but having now fully described our invention, togetherwith the best'm'eans known to us for putting it in practice,

We claim as follows: l 1. We claim, in lock-up safety-valves,forming'thc weights in sections, adapted to be inserted and removed through openings a, in the exterior or lock-up easing, substantially as and for `the purpose herein specified.

2. We laim, in connection with-the above, dove-tailing together' the several pieces, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth. t

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence offtwo subscribingl witnesses.

i RALPH G. PACKARD, Witri estes: MICHAEL HASTINGS. C. C. Lrvrx'cs, y l F. A.' Hamelin. 

